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To copy a color as a hexadecimal value by dragging (ImageReady):

Drag the Foreground Color from the toolbox or a selected color from the Color Table palette or the Swatches palette into the HTML file in the destination application.

Note: This feature is not supported by all text and HTML editing applications.

Using a droplet to automate optimization settings (ImageReady)

You can save Optimize palette settings for use on individual images or batches of images by creating a droplet, a small application that applies the optimization settings to an image or batch of images that you drag over the droplet icon. You can drag a droplet to the desktop or save it to a location on disk. When you create the droplet you can choose where the images will be saved. When you drag an image over it, the droplet launches ImageReady if the program is not currently running.

Note: You can also drag a droplet onto the ImageReady Actions palette to create an action step, or you can drag a droplet onto a slice to apply the optimization settings to the slice.

To create a droplet for automating Optimize palette settings:

1With an image displayed in the image window, choose a compression format and compression options in the Optimize palette.

2Create a droplet:

• Drag the droplet icon from the Optimize palette onto the desktop.

The droplet is named with a brief description of the compression settings, including file format and color palette or quality setting information.You can rename the droplet as you do other desktop icons.

•Click the droplet icon on the Optimize palette. Name the droplet, choose a location where the droplet will be saved, and click Save.

•Choose Create Droplet from the Optimize palette menu. Name the droplet, choose a location where the droplet will be saved, and click Save.

To use a droplet:

1Drag a single image or a folder of images onto the droplet icon. As the images are processed, a progress bar appears.

2Do any of the following to control the processing:

•To temporarily pause the processing, click Pause.You can then click Resume to continue the processing.

•To cancel the processing, click Stop.

•Let the process finish on its own.

For more information on working with droplets, see “Using droplets” on page 496.

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Saving optimized images

When you’ve applied a combination of settings that achieve a balance between quality and file size, you’re ready to save the optimized image.

To save an optimized image:

1 Select the view with the desired optimization settings, and do one of the following:

•(Photoshop) Click Save in the Save For Web dialog box.

•(ImageReady) Choose File > Save Optimized to save the file in its current state. If you previously saved the optimized file using the File > Save Optimized command, applying the command again saves the file with the filename and Save options specified in the first save operation. The Save dialog box does not appear.

•(ImageReady) Choose File > Save Optimized As to save an alternate version of the file with a different filename.

2Type a filename, and choose a location for the resulting file or files.

3Choose a Format option:

•HTML and Images to generate all files required to use your artwork as a Web page. This includes an HTML file and separate image files for the slices in the artwork. The HTML file includes code for any links, image maps, and other effects in the document.

•Images Only to save your artwork with the specified optimization settings. If the artwork contains multiple slices, each slice is saved as a separate file.

•HTML Only to generate an HTML file but not save any image files.

4To set preferences for saving image files and HTML files, choose predefined output options from the Settings pop-up menu, or choose Other to set different options. (See “Setting output options” on page 442.)

5Choose an option for slices from the pop-up menu:

•All Slices to save all slices in the image.

•Selected Slices to save only the selected slices. If you select this option in conjunction with the HTML and Images option, ImageReady or Photoshop generates the HTML code based on the outermost bounds of the selected slices, and generates auto-slices as needed to create a complete HTML table.

Note: You must select the desired slices before starting this procedure.

•(ImageReady) A slice selection to save only the slices in the selection. You must save a slice selection in order for this option to appear in the menu. (See “Selecting slices” on page 373.)

6 Click Save.

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